Could you imagine the uptake here if this were the case, I know that a lot of Chinese bikes use SLAs for their home market - but still...The most expensive model in Mr Zhang's shop is only 2,680 yuan ($390:£260).
Sound familiar?The sale of electric bikes has slightly dropped off recently as people wait to see how the government will tackle the problem of how to define one.
I would hope that as cars have been ubiquitous for longer, that we have gotten over this here in Europe.As Beijing car owner Richard Liu put it, cars give a clue to a person's status - the more successful they are, the bigger the car they own.
The Chinese bikes are electric scooters which would be illegal in our country but possibly not powerful/safe enough to want to go on the road even with CBT/license/helmet etc.Could you imagine the uptake here if this were the case, I know that a lot of Chinese bikes use SLAs for their home market - but still...